The Keepers of Limbo
Range Series, Book 1
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The Keepers of Limbo
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Narrateur(s):
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Mike Carnes
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Auteur(s):
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Yuri Ulengov
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Ksenia Akulova - translator
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Yesterday, Altai was a war hero. Today, he is a prisoner who chose exile to Rhapsody instead of death. This planet, the Range, knows no mercy. Here, thousands of prisoners fight each other for a place under the strange, cold sun. Here, the leftover alien biomechanisms and out-of-control Terran war machines roam in the ruins, and human life is measured in virtual experience that can be exchanged for armor and implants.
Surviving in the Limbo slaughterhouse, upgrading to the 10th level, and getting into the Green Zone is all any dead man can hope for. Except not everyone succeeds. Altai will have to make a lot of effort just to take a breather, and remaining high in the audience's favor is something worth striving for. After all, the Range, among other things, is the most popular reality show, one of the few where everything is real, and death...death only raises the ratings.
©2020 Yuri Ulengov; English Translation Copyright 2020 by Ksenia Akulova (P)2021 TantorOn the positive side, Ulengov writes an interesting, überethical character (ex-Space Marine 'Altai'), provides intuitive game mechanics, and choreographs mind's-eye vivid combat. Less fortunately, metagame notifications/character sheet reviews are often intrusive and the author's cynical view of post-death reality (almost exclusively populated with self-interested sociopaths focussed on advancement or gangs of likeminded thugs) is straight-up depressing.
As to presentation: Translator Ksenia Akulova does a decent job turning the book into a casually readable English-language form (complete with pop culture references).. and reader Mike Carnes runs with it. Carnes displays commendable diction, cadence, and timbre and - despite a couple of questionable character accents - a solidly "above-average" narration overall.
In toto, I rate 'The Keepers Of Limbo' 6.5/10 stars. It was a reasonable distraction for a couple of quiet afternoons for free, but I judge it not worth a Credit when it leaves the 'Plus' catalog. In fact, the mood of Ulengov's story is a bit too despairingly "Russian" for me to have considered continuing with the 'Range Series'.. even if it remained "included with my subscription".
Original Premise.. Dark Execution
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